Buttons Three Farthings a Pair (2)

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Theme code Index	13H1H 2H65
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Composer/Core Source
Region	England
Genre/Style	English, Northumbrian/Borders
Meter/Rhythm	Slip/Hop Jig
Key/Tonic of	D
Accidental	2 sharps
Mode	Ionian (Major)
Time signature	9/8
History	ENGLAND(North East)
Structure	AABB
Editor/Compiler	Biography:William Vickers
Book/Manuscript title	Book:William Vickers' music manuscript collection
Tune and/or Page number	No. 453
Year of publication/Date of MS	1770
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BUTTONS THREE FARTHINGS A PAIR [2]. English, Slip Jig. England, Northumberland. D Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. The melody appears in the 1770 music manuscript copybook of Northumbrian musician William Vickers, about whom little is known. It is apparently unique to Vickers' collection.

Printed source: Seattle (William Vickers), 1987, Part 3; No. 453.

X:1
T:Buttons Three Farthings a Pair [2]
M:9/8
L:1/8
R:Jig
S:William Vickers' music manuscript copybook, No. 453  (1770)
Z:AK/Fiddler's Companion
K:D
D2g fec d3|ecA BGB AFD|D2g fed d3|cde EFG A3:|
|:ABc cBA BAG|Bcd dcB cBA|efg ede ecA|BGB AFA D3:||